THE PETERSENS

A couple days after our friends, Pete and Jess Melling, left us to go back to Minnesota, my mom and brother came to visit.  They stayed for about a week and in that time, we…
…ate really good Khmer food…
…played outside…
…read lots of books…
…went shopping…
…watched a really badly-made movie…
…played Nertz with Tyler and Laura…
…visited “our” house on State Street…
…hung out with Autumn and Elena…
…and stayed up way too late probably every single night!

It was worth the lack of sleep though.  I only get to see my family once or twice a year.  We had a great time!  Love you, Mommy and Jonathan.  Thanks for visiting!

From mid-March to May, we have had a slew of visitors come through our home.  SO MUCH FUN!  It really blesses us and makes us feel honored when people go out of their way to come see us in North Carolina.

Our first set of visitors was the Mellings and Sweazeys.  The Sweazeys only stayed with us for an evening, but it was great nevertheless.  Davy and Caleb are great with our kids and we have some good laughs when we are in their company.  What a sweet couple.  Jess and Pete flew all they way from MN to come see us one more time before Jess has her baby this summer.  We spent our days going over her baby registry, playing outside, going to a park, watching 2012, making food, getting into good discussions about life, and exploring downtown Wake Forest.  Uber-relaxing and uber-fun.

Jess and I go way back.  We were roommates all four years in college.  She took care of my teddy bear while I went on a 2-month long missions trip.  We cried about our future husbands’ deaths together (morbid, huh?) in our dorm closet.  We flew out to California one fall break to surprise my family.  She was in my wedding and I was in hers.  She was one of the first people to see and hold Joshua Lee when he was born.  She has flown out several times to visit me since I have moved to NC.  Needless to say, she is my dear friend and we have walked through a lot together.  I am thrilled she’s going to be a Mama soon because I am pretty stinkin’ sure she is gonna be a stellar one.  I only wish I lived closer so I could visit with the little guy.

Anyway, our time with them was great.  Jess’s husband, Pete, is pretty neat.  Him and Ben had tons to talk about regarding computers, art and whatnot.  We hope to see them again soon, but for now we have these pictures to remember them by!